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The 10 best stargazing events of 2025
The 2025 stargazing guide includes Venus at it brightest, a sunrise solar eclipse and three supermoons. Here are all the dates you need to know.
1,800-year-old gold ring with 'Venus the Victorious' carving discovered in France
An 1,800-year-old gold ring with a carving depicting Venus, a Roman goddess associated with victory, has been discovered in Brittany.
Did Venus ever have oceans to support life, or was it 'born hot'?
"We would have loved to find that Venus was once a planet much closer to our own, so it’s kind of sad in a way to find out that it wasn't."
Stunning 'parade of planets' image shows 6 worlds aligned over Earth
A stunning photo of the recent "parade of planets" shows Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune in alignment over Earth. It was captured from the U.K. on June 1.
Japan loses contact with Akatsuki, humanity's only active Venus probe
Japan has lost contact with its Akatsuki probe, the only spacecraft currently in orbit around Venus.
Bright comet headed toward Earth could be visible with the naked eye
The incoming comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS might become as brilliant as Venus during its close approach to Earth this fall, potentially making it visible to the naked eye.
Molecule responsible for robbing Venus of its water may finally have been identified
A new water loss mechanism on Venus explains how the planet lost all its water, turning the planet from a potentially habitable world into the parched hellscape we know today.
Venus is leaking carbon and oxygen, and scientists aren't totally sure why
Observations of Venus taken with the BepiColombo space probe show that our cosmic neighbor is leaking significant amounts of carbon and oxygen from its atmosphere, and researchers can't totally explain why.
